Signed graphs, root lattices, and Coxeter groups (Q1322524): Difference between revisions

Signed graphs, i.e., graphs where each edge is labelled with \(+1\) or \(- 1\), are used to define root lattices, Weyl groups, Coxeter groups and Tsaranov groups [the third author, Algebras Groups Geom. 6, No. 3, 281-318 (1989; Zbl 0702.20020)]. The main tool for the investigation of these notions is local switching. Local switching partitions all signed graphs into ``clusters'' of switching classes which serve to classify the lattices and the groups. The material is divided into nine sections: 1. Introduction, 2. Signed graphs, 3. Root lattices and Weyl groups, 4. Local switching, 5. Vanishing lattices, 6. Coxeter groups, 7. Signed complete graphs, 8. Tsaranov groups. 9. Two-graphs arising from trees.